Lamentations 3

1 I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.

1 我在耶和华烈怒的杖下受尽痛苦。

2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.

2 祂把我赶进黑暗， 使我行路不见光明，

3 Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.

3 又屡屡攻击我，终日不断。

4 He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.

4 祂使我皮肉枯槁， 祂折断我的骨头。

5 He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

5 祂使我四面受困， 尝尽痛苦艰辛。

6 He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.

6 祂使我住在幽暗中， 像久已死去的人。

7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.

7 祂围困我，使我无法逃脱， 祂给我戴上沉重的锁链。

8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.

8 即使我哀哭呼求， 祂也掩耳不听。

9 He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.

9 祂用凿好的石头阻挡我的去路， 使我的道路曲折难行。

10 He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.

10 祂像埋伏的巨熊， 又像伺机突袭的猛狮，

11 He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.

11 把我拖离大路， 撕成碎片，使我一片凄凉。

12 He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.

12 祂弯弓搭箭，把我当箭靶。

13 He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.

13 祂用箭袋中的箭射穿我的心脏。

14 I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.

14 我成了万民的笑柄， 他们终日唱歌讽刺我。

15 He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.

15 祂使我饱受苦楚，尝尽苦涩。

16 He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.

16 祂用石子硌断我的牙齿， 把我践踏在尘土中。

17 My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.

17 你使我失去平安， 忘记了什么是福乐。

18 So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”

18 我说：“我精疲力竭， 对耶和华失去盼望。”

19 Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.

19 想起我的痛苦和漂泊流离， 就如苦艾和胆汁一样苦涩。

20 Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.

20 那情景萦绕心头， 使我心情沉重。

21 Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:

21 然而，我想起这事， 便有了盼望，

22 Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.

22 因为耶和华的慈爱永不终止， 祂的怜悯永无穷尽。

23 They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!

23 祂的慈爱和怜悯每天早晨都是新的， 祂的信实无比伟大！

24 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”

24 我心里知道， 耶和华是我的福分， 我要仰望祂。

25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

25 耶和华必恩待那些等候和寻求祂的人，

26 It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

26 因此，默然等候耶和华的拯救是美好的。

27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.

27 年轻时负轭受苦是有益的。

28 Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it upon him.

28 受耶和华管教时， 要默然独坐。

29 Let him bury his face in the dust—perhaps there is still hope.

29 要谦卑地脸伏于地， 或许还有希望。

30 Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.

30 要任人打脸，甘受凌辱。

31 For the Lord will not cast us off forever.

31 因为主不会永远撇弃人。

32 Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.

32 主尽管使人忧伤， 祂依然怜悯人， 因为祂有丰盛的慈爱。

33 For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.

33 祂不愿使人忧伤、痛苦。

34 To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,

34 将囚犯踩在脚下，

35 to deny a man justice before the Most High,

35 在至高者面前冤枉他人，

36 to subvert a man in his lawsuit—of these the Lord does not approve.

36 审理案件时颠倒是非， 都是主所不容许的。

37 Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?

37 若非主发命令， 谁能说成就成呢？

38 Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

38 祸福岂不都出自至高者的口吗？

39 Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?

39 世人因自己的罪受罚， 又何必怨天尤人呢？

40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.

40 让我们省察自己的行为， 重新归向耶和华吧！

41 Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:

41 让我们举起双手， 诚心向天上的上帝祷告说：

42 “We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”

42 “我们犯罪、背叛， 你没有赦免我们。

43 You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.

43 “你满怀愤怒地追赶我们， 毫不留情地杀戮我们。

44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.

44 你以密云遮盖自己， 以致祷告达不到你那里。

45 You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.

45 你使我们在列国中沦为废物、渣滓。

46 All our enemies open their mouths against us.

46 “我们的仇敌都幸灾乐祸。

47 Panic and pitfall have come upon us—devastation and destruction.

47 我们充满恐惧， 面临陷阱、残害和毁灭。”

48 Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.

48 因同胞被毁灭，我泪流成河。

49 My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,

49 我的眼泪涌流不息，

50 until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.

50 直到耶和华从天上垂顾。

51 My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.

51 目睹城中妇女的遭遇， 我痛苦不已。

52 Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.

52 敌人无故地追捕我， 如同捕猎飞鸟。

53 They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.

53 他们把我推进坑里， 又用石头砸我。

54 The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.

54 水已经漫过我的头， 我想我要灭亡了。

55 I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.

55 耶和华啊， 我在深坑呼求你的名。

56 You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.”

56 你曾垂听我的呼求， 求你现在不要掩耳不听我的求救声。

57 You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.”

57 我向你呼求的时候， 你曾走近我身旁， 安慰我说：“不要害怕！”

58 You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life.

58 主啊，你为我申了冤， 救赎了我的性命。

59 You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!

59 耶和华啊，你已明察我的冤情， 求你为我主持公道。

60 You have seen all their malice, all their plots against me.

60 你看见了他们怎样仇恨我、 谋害我。

61 O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—

61 耶和华啊， 你听见了他们怎样辱骂我、 谋害我。

62 the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.

62 他们整天诽谤我，图谋害我。

63 When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.

63 你看！他们或坐下或起来， 都唱歌讽刺我。

64 You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

64 耶和华啊， 求你按照他们的所作所为报应他们！

65 Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them!

65 求你使他们心里刚硬， 让你的咒诅落在他们身上！

66 You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.

66 求你发怒追赶他们， 从你诸天之下铲除他们！